https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e138bb4b5327be76ac865dd476725f15.pdf 6608335bf976ca54583f03709e958dae PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a /'information -2 S' TELETYPE MESSAGE Qe From.- THE I CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES To: THE'SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS WASHINGTON,February 4th, 1952. Originated by ............ H. H. WRONG. .0. Authorized by......... Cypher ( ) b.................... or En clair ( X ) ........ Time ..11:50 a.m. TIEC p n r0 Ui J 1 A I U I ED LL 1 line -00000A6000660s00 eeene Despatched by. 122666000080060000600000000161516600000 o e » a Time. » • • n • o • • 6 4 • 0 C Tima.2 //. THE APPROPRIATE SECURITY OR URGENCY PREFIXES, WHEN REQUIRED BY THE CONTENTS, SHOULD BE TYPED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MESSAGE. WISER No. .22 WISER - TOP SECRET . / Following for Heeney from Wrong. 1. Begins: Since our discussion last week in Ottawa on the reply to the proposals of the Secretary of Defense given in my Wiser No. 1)/ of November 8 th, 1951, both Dr. Solandt and General Foulkes have informed me that the subject came up in discussions with Mr. LeBaron and General Bradley respectively when they were in Washington last week. I understand that Dr. Solandt had a further talk with Mr. LeBaron after I. saw him here and also that a meeting of the senior officials concerned has been arranged to take place in Ottawa next Thursday. From my talks ed with Dr. Solandt and General Foulkes I gather/that current thinking in the Department of Defense was that it.was now un- likely that the U.S. facilities at Goose Bay would be used for atomic strikes and would probably be required only as an alternative landing ground in the deployment overseas of atomic weapons; the development of the U.S. base at Limestone, Maine, had removed in large part the requirements of the Strategic Air Command for strikes or deployment involving the use of Canadian territory or airspace®. 2® When Ignatieff saw Arneson on February 2nd this matter came up for discussion. Arneson expressed the hope that we would reply to the .U.S. proposals very soon, adding that he had /recently 00302 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi suri'acces a I'information . / 9. 2 - recently been pressed by the Secretary of the Air Force personally to, get some action. Ignatieff explained that the matter was under very active consideration in Ottawa and that it was probable that Canadian comments would be available within ten days. As to the S.A.C. requirements in Canada, Arneson thinks it impossible to define with precision the facilities or practices which would be needed because S.A.C. operations are constantly changing with the development of new equipment and techniques. He mentioned as an illustration that the B.36 would before long be superseded by faster jet carriers and also that smaller atomic weapons under development could be carried by lighter and faster planes. While he thought it improbable that strikes would be initiated from Canadian bases, the use of jet aircraft would probably make necessary the employment of Canadian facilities for refueling because of the very high jet consumption of fuel at take-off. A number of supplementary airfields from which refueling could take place would therefore be needed. 3. He also thought it likely that the S.A.C. would continue to want storage facilities for special weapons at Goose Bay. In this connection, have you any information on what has been going on there this winter since we gave consent to the despatch to Goose Bay of the Seventh Aviation Field Depot Squadron? (See my Wiser No. 12 of October 10th and your Wiser No. 11 of October 13th.) 4. Discussion then turned to the status of the Agreed Minute of June 15th, 1951, in the eyes of the Department of Defense, since the proposals of that Department in effect re- quire a substantial modification of the procedures set out in it, Arneson said that the Secretary of State had sent a copy of the Minute to the Secretary of Defense under a letter which observed that this was the best arrangement that could be arrived at with Canada. The only reply in writing was the letter embodying Mr. Lovett’s proposals of November 8th mentioned above Although in the discussion at the June 15th meeting attended by the Minister it was stated that the terms of the Minute had /been cleared 00303 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /’information - 3 been cleared with the Department of Defense, it now seems apparent at best only acquiesced in .. that they werenx@fikakkyxaeexby that Department, as retkgxktscxeedsx The Department of Defense has asked to be represented particularly by General Walsh at any further talks we may have with the State Department on this subject. 5. See also my following Wiser message. ‘Ends. HHW:mgm 00304 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW16711 Title A name given to the resource Wiser Teletype no. 11 from WashDC to SSEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04-Feb-52 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3094